Sorry if I'm showing my ignorance here, but a server that is running as a
secondary only needs entries in it's named.conf file doesn't it?
> The major advantage of this
> sort of thing is that it doesn't require someone to visit a web page to
> do domain management. I know that *I* don't have the time to visit a
> web page to configure every domain I want installed as a secondary. I
> don't imagine other sysadmins have that much leisure time either.
I have to agree with that. One of the problems though is finding the time to
write all the little scripts, then eventually tie them all together into
usefull management tools. but like all other sysadmins, I'm getting to it...
Meantime, having access to the secondary named.conf, I simply use ftp to
append the new entry to the secondary conf file, and use cron to reload
named on the secondary once a day. One day ----- I'l write the bit that says
"only reload if named.conf has changed".... maybe tomorrow.
>
> I believe that tools to facilitate exchange of secondary DNS should not
> cost anything.
I also believe that exchanging secondaries should not cost anything. The old
"You show me yours and I'll show you mine" thing works fine.
> If my company sets up a "secondary DNS only" service,
I see. If it's set up as a service, that is, where one of the parties can't
act as a secondary in exchange, then a small fee may be appropriate. Like a
few dollars a year to cover bandwidth. But setting up a server as a
Secondary _only_ is a waste of resources I think. even though I have one
here doing just that...but it's and old box and needs replacing soon anyway.
but then. If I'm being charged a dollar a year to have a domain on my
service secondaried somewhere else, then that's a cost I can't pass on to my
customer - so it becomes another cost to me.
Just as a matter of interest - what IS the load on a machine running X
number of secondary zones in it's named.conf? has any one done any stats?
Sorry if I'm intruding on someone elses discussion.. it's interesting.
Bob
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 07:05:06PM -0800, William X. Walsh wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:05:06 -0800
> > From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.45) Personal
> > To: "Bizops" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Do you need/want offsite secondary dns at a flat
> rate basis for all your needs?
> >
> >
> > I'm still looking for at least 4 more RSPs before I set this up.
> >
> > If anyone else is interested, or has a question, please contact me
> > offlist.
> >
> > Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested.
> >
> > Friday, March 09, 2001, 6:41:51 PM, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I know from some random checking that most of you have your dns
> > > servers in the same IP block, and have no remote dns secondary.
> >
> > > I may have a way for you to get a remote secondary, at a flat monthly
> > > rate, for up to several thousand unique zones.
> >
> > > Essentially it is a dedicated machine for pretty much dns only. It
> > > would start with 256MB ram, but I would add more as usage goes up.
> >
> > > Essentially I am looking for 6 people to share the costs, in return
> > > you would get a control panel for adding master or slave zones to the
> > > bind configuration, and the capacity for at least 4,000 zones each, on
> > > a this machine that will be used for this purpose only.
> >
> > > I would set the reload to every 2 hours to start, but enabled sudo for
> > > you to ssh in and and do a manual reload if necessary.
> >
> > > I could also add remote MX hosting to this box if the 6 people were
> > > interested, but that might lower the maximum zone capacity some if it
> > > is going to be doing that as well.
> >
> > > The costs would be $75/mo each. A setup fee of $175 each will cover
> > > the initial costs of the box (it's an existing 1U a colleague is
> > > trying to sell at cost, under a month old, P3-800Mhz), and would also
> > > cover the first month service.
> >
> > > The machine would have a unique IP address for each of you, which you
> > > can register as a nameserver host so that the hostname will match your
> > > existing nameserver naming structure.
> >
> > > Payment would be monthly, recurring by CC, or quarterly if paying by
> > > check.
> >
> > > If there is enough interest, I can setup more of these kinds of
> > > dedicated dns boxes, but I'm really only looking to get this one
> > > setup.
> >
> > > I would let the number of users go up to as high as 10, and the cost
> > > per user will go down to $50/mo if there are 10. I want at least 6
> > > to get it rolling. If there are initially more than 6, I'll lower the
> > > setup cost also. The server can be setup within 2 days of getting
> > > everyone signed on.
> >
> > > Call me at 877-291-3339 if interested, or email me offlist.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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